Delibes - Bonjour, Suzon

Bonjour, Suzon

Delibes

Bonjour Suzon, ma fleur des bois!
Es-tu toujours la plus jolie?
Je reviens, tel que tu me vois,
D'un grand voyage en Italie.
Du paradis j'ai fait le tour,
J'ai fait des vers, j'ai fait l'amour.
Mais que t'importe?
Je passe devant ta maison;
Ouvre ta porte.
Bonjour, Suzon!

Je t'ai vue au temps des lilas.
Ton cœur joyeux venait d'éclore,
Et tu disais: je ne veux pas,
Je ne veux pas qu'on m'aime encore.
Qu'as-tu fait depuis mon départ?
Qui part trop tôt revient trop tard.
Mais que m'importe?
Je passe devant ta maison;
Ouvre ta porte.
Bonjour, Suzon!

Alfred de Musset

Good day to you, Suzie!

Good day to you Suzie, my flower of the woods!
Are you still the loveliest of all?
I am home, just as you see me,
from a long journey to Italy.
I have toured heaven,
I have written poems, I have made love.
But what is all that to you?
I am here in front of your house;
open up!
Good day to you Suzie!

I last saw you when the lilac was in flower.
Your joyful heart had just burst open,
and you said, “I do not wish
to be loved yet.”
What have you done since I left?
He who leaves too soon comes home too late.
But what is all that to me?
I am here in front of your house;
open up!
Good day to you Suzie!

© translated by Christopher Goldsack

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